Winter 2021 Edition
Clay, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper and Marion Counties
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SCIRPDC's Newest Team Members |
In July of 2020, SCIRPDC was awarded a $400,000 Grant from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) through the National CARES Act This funding has allowed the Economic Development District to hire two new employees with the central goal of conducting activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus pandemic or respond to the economic injury to the region as a result of the pandemic.
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Understanding How COVID-19 Vaccines Work |
To understand how COVID-19 vaccines work, it helps to first look at how our bodies fight illness. When germs, such as the virus that causes COVID-19, invade our bodies, they attack and multiply. This invasion, called an infection, is what causes illness. Our immune system uses several tools to fight infection. Blood contains red cells, which carry oxygen to tissues and organs, and white or immune cells, which fight infection. Different types of white blood cells fight infection in different ways:
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Macrophages are white blood cells that swallow up and digest germs and dead or dying cells. The macrophages leave behind parts of the invading germs called antigens. The body identifies antigens as dangerous and stimulates antibodies to attack them.
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B-lymphocytes are defensive white blood cells. They produce antibodies that attack the pieces of the virus left behind by the macrophages.
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T-lymphocytes are another type of defensive white blood cell. They attack cells in the body that have already been infected.
The first time a person is infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, it can take several days or weeks for their body to make and use all the germ-fighting tools needed to get over the infection. After the infection, the person’s immune system remembers what it learned about how to protect the body against that disease.
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Human Service Transportation Planning (HSTP) |
A HSTP Coordinator strives to coordinate affordable, accessible transportation service for residents in their regions and beyond.
Did you know that SCIRP&DC’s 5 county area is covered by 4 public transportation providers; South Central Transit, Central Il. Public Transit, Effingham Co. Public Transit, and Rides MTD. If you have questions or concerns about the services that any of these providers offer OR if you have a need for transportation, please contact Terri Finn, the HSTP Coordinator at the SCIRP&DC office.
(618) 548-4598 or tfinn@scirpdc.com
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Economic Development: Regional Housing Revitalization |
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Recently, SCIRPDC started pursuing grant opportunities from the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA). SCIRPDC has been determined that revitalization efforts in housing stock could improve economic development in the five-county region. The IHDA grant opportunities SCIRPDC is interested in focus on remediation of abandoned, vacant, and blighted residential properties. Most of the IHDA grants listed below provide funding for the acquisition, demolition, removal of materials, administration, and maintenance of the property. Normally, the grants provide funding for the remediation of 1-6 abandoned, vacant, or blighted residential properties.
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I have only worked with South Central Illinois Regional Planning & Development Commission for about a month, making this post is an exciting opportunity for me to learn about the region’s economic base. The analysis section looks at three types of data in two sections at the County level from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis. The data were either examined “as is”, by comparing counties or industries against one another, or by combining them to perform regional analysis.
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Salem, IL 62881-2000
(618) 548-4234
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South Central Illinois Regional Planning & Development Commission is an
Equal Opportunity Lender and Provider
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